Ayman Nour

Partner, Head of Office - Egypt

● +20 2 3368 1000

● a.nour@tamimi.com
● Cairo, Egypt

Biography
Ayman Nour is a Partner heading the Corporate Structuring department in Egypt office. Ayman is
also a member of the Education, Healthcare, Sports & Event Management and Hotel & Leisure
sector groups.

Ayman specialises in corporate, civil, labour, dispute resolution and banking law. He represents
local and multinational corporations and institutions, many of which are entities listed on NYSE or
the Egyptian Exchange and/or on the Global 100 List. Ayman has extensive experience in local
and international commercial transactions, having worked in the M&A team of international law
firms. He is also well experienced in general corporate, labor and civil matters alongside corporate
structuring for major multinational corporations.

Prior to becoming a Partner in the Firm, Ayman was a partner associated with a British law firm,
from 2003 to 2010. Between 1995 and 2003 Ayman worked for two intermittent periods with Baker
& McKenzie in Cairo for five years. Between such periods, he worked as an Assistant District
Attorney with the Egyptian Public Prosecutor Office from 1997 to 2000.

Recent experience
● Advising on health care transactions and restructuring, investment bank acquisition, hotel
employment matters and retail day to day business requirements.
● Advising Sanpaolo IMI on the acquisition of 80% of the shares of Bank of Alexandria for $1.6
billion, what is considered to be the first privatization in Egypt of a state-owned bank.
● Advising Cessna Finance Corporation on a multimillion dollars aircraft lease.
● Advising Commercial Bank of Kuwait in its bid to acquire the majority shares of Al Watany Bank
of Egypt.
● Advising Exim Bank of the US on project finance deal and transaction.
Languages
● Arabic
● English
● French

Education
2000 – LL.M., Chicago Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

1995 – LL.B (License en droit), Cairo University

Admission
2014 – Expert Director of the Board of the Egyptian Exchange

2011 – Licensed Patents Agent

2010 – Member of the International Franchise Lawyers Association

2010 – Member of American Chamber of Commerce

2008 – Member of the French Chamber of Commerce in Egypt and its Legal Committee

2005 – Member of the Egyptian Society of International Law

1995 – Egyptian Bar Association

Practices
● Corporate Structuring

Sectors>
● Hotels & Leisure
● Sports & Events Management
● Education
● Healthcare